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Dumpster fire in Ellicott Complex causes over $300,000 in damages
By VICTORIA HILL | Apr. 19, 2023UPD reported to the scene of a dumpster fire outside of Fargo Quadrangle at 3:30 a.m. Monday morning.
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Riley Gaines speaks at UB, argues that trans women shouldn’t participate in women’s sports
By KIANA HODGE and VICTORIA HILL | Apr. 15, 2023Gaines was invited to campus by Turning Point USA Buffalo (TPUSA), and made her appearance to UB just over a month after conservative pundit Michael Knowles spoke on campus.
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Paul&Pang re-elected to Student Association e-board
By KIANA HODGE and VICTORIA HILL | Apr. 14, 2023Becky Paul-Odionhin (president), Sammi Pang (vice president) and Unnati Agarwal (treasurer) win UB Student Association elections
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‘Silence equals death’: Buffalo community protests Riley Gaines’ speech on Thursday evening
By KATIE SKOOG and AMY MASLIN | Apr. 14, 2023Protesters filled the sidewalk across from the Center for Tomorrow as event attendees lined up to see former All-American swimmer turned political commentator Riley Gaines speak on UB’s North Campus Thursday night.
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‘It’s clearly meant to make trans students feel unsafe’: UB students react to Riley Gaines’ upcoming speech
By KATIE SKOOG and AMY MASLIN | Apr. 12, 2023Gaines has spoken out against transgender women competing in women’s sports competing against Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships.
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Club leaders speak against SA third-party affiliation ban
By SOL HAUSER | Apr. 12, 2023Representatives of four student groups aired concerns about a policy change that bans some clubs from affiliating with third-party organizations at a Student Association (SA) Senate meeting Monday.
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UB receives $500,000 grant to develop Haudenosaunee research portal
By SUHA CHOWDHURY | Apr. 12, 2023The College of Arts and Sciences received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation in order to support the next phase of The Haudenosaunee Archive, Resource and Knowledge (HARK) portal, UB announced last month.
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Meet the 2023-24 Student Association e-board candidates
By KIANA HODGE and VICTORIA HILL | Apr. 11, 2023Elections for the 2023-24 Student Association (SA) e-board are underway this week. Six candidates — three running for president, two running for vice president and one running uncontested for treasurer — are on the ballot.
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Chris Koch steps down from UB Council, faces civil suit in connection with vehicular incident
By VICTORIA HILL | Apr. 5, 2023Koch voluntarily resigned from the UB Council in early March to “focus on professional obligations.”
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Student Association to propose appeal policy in aftermath of over $4,000 club hockey fine
By AMY MASLIN | Apr. 5, 2023The Student Association (SA) is in the process of creating a sanction appeal policy after men’s club ice hockey asked SA to overturn a $4,197.50 fine levied on the club in December.
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UB School of Public Health awarded federal funding for mobile health clinic
By KIANA HODGE | Apr. 5, 2023The UB School of Public Health received $933,800 in federal funding for a mobile health clinic.
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Celebrate Sustainability Month and UB’s Pride Week this April
By JASMIN YEUNG | Apr. 5, 2023April means two celebrations at UB: Earth Month and Pride Week. Celebrate and learn more from a variety of events hosted by clubs and organizations at UB.
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The Spectrum elects 2023-24 editor-in-chief
By KATIE SKOOG | Mar. 31, 2023The Spectrum editorial board elected Grant Ashley, a junior political science and Spanish major, as its 2023-24 editor-in-chief this past Monday.
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SA prohibits some clubs from being affiliated with third-party organizations
By ALEXANDRA SACCONE | Mar. 30, 2023Clubs in the hobby, POC, special interest and international councils have until May 17 to dissolve ties with any third-party groups or be derecognized by SA.
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Two people, including state court official, arrested in Alumni Arena men’s locker room
By KATIE SKOOG | Mar. 25, 2023As district executive, Andrew Isenberg supervises and leads daily operations of the courts in the eight counties of Western New York.
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Grand jury votes not to press charges in Tyler Lewis stabbing
By GRANT ASHLEY and SUHA CHOWDHURY | Mar. 15, 2023The stabbing was "justifiable" under New York State self-defense laws, the Erie County DA said.
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SA Senate passes resolution to amend election rules
By ALEX OLEN | Mar. 15, 2023The Student Association (SA) Senate passed a highly-contested resolution last Monday to remove an election rule that prohibited campaigning for SA positions in forums with 10 or more non-candidates without approval from the Elections and Credentials Chair.
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UB appoints new dean for the School of Dental Medicine
By JASMIN YEUNG | Mar. 15, 2023Dr. Marcelo W.B. Araujo will step into his new position on May 15.
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Proposed changes to SA council coordinator positions fail in senate vote
By ALEXANDRA SACCONE | Mar. 15, 2023The Student Association (SA) rejected a 30-page proposal that would’ve amended the SA’s by-laws that would’ve changed the appointing process for council coordinator positions, allowing the SA president to hire them directly.
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UB Medical School club organizes ‘Joyous Rebellion Dance Party’ to support trans community members in wake of Michael Knowles’ on-campus speech
By DOMINICK MATARESE and ALEXANDRA SACCONE | Mar. 11, 2023OUTpatient, a LGBTQ club from UB’s Jacobs’ School of Medicine, organized a different kind of protest to Michael Knowles’ on-campus speech.
